Jacob hawser



(No Mode-l.)

J. HANSER, VEHICLE SEAT.

No. 309,782. I I 'Patented Dec. 23,1884,

Warren rn'rns PAfr'nNfr rrrcna JACOB HANSER, OF OXFORD, OHIO, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE V. MEYER, OF SAME PLAOE vEi-oLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 309,782, dated December23, 1884.

Application filed April 2, 1884. (No model.)

o all whom it' may concerz.: piece B; J, stiff wires arranged below andBe it known that I, J AOQB HANSER, of Oxagainst the cushion-frame; L,angular bends ford, Butler oounty, Ohio, have invented cerat one end ofeach wire, seating in holes bored tain new and useful Improvements inVehiclein the under face of the cushion-frame; M, the 5 5 Seats, ofwhich the followingisaspecifcation. spiral Springs between the wires Jand the This invention rel'ates to the general conlattice-work under thecushion; N, a turn of struetion of the cushion part iof the 4seat forthe wire of each spring around its supportingcarriages, &c., and to itsarrangement with wire J; O, a turn of the wire of each spring referenceto the frame-work of the seat. around its superposed lattice bar; P, awire 60 ro The invention will be understood from the forming a juncturebetween two neighboring following description, taken in connectionSprings; Q, one of the tufting-buttons of the with the accompanyingdrawings, in which cushion, and R the `retaining -Wire of the Figure 1is a front view of a earriage-seat tufting-button. The cushion-frame d,with 'with the top portion or cushion part turned the cushion and itsspring -work, forms a 65 1 up vertically, so as to expose its bottom,and structure independent of the seat proper. It with a portion of thefront bar, D, broken away; is attached to the seat by means of the hoolcFig. 2, avertical transverse section of the seat I and slotted piecewhich serves as an attachwith the top part turned up, as in Fig. 1, andment and as a hinge, permitting the cushionwith thefront bar, D,entirely removed; Fig. frame, Sac., to be lifted like a box-lid,'asindi- '70 3, a section of the cushion proper ata tuftin'gcated in Fig.2, and at the same time permits button; and F'g. 4, averticalsection ofa porits ready detachment when desired. When tion of the top part of theseat, exhibiting the the cushion-frame is down, it eloses upon thearrangement of the springs, &c., the parts top of the front bar,D, thusforming below the being shown as upside down-/-that is, with the'cushion-fra1ne a convenient shallow reeeptacle 75 entire cushion portionof the seat turned over, for the storage of carriage-curtainsftc., and

bringing its bottom side up. the front bar,D,is removable, and the projee- In the drawings, A represents the usual tions O furnish facilitiesby which such front body portion of a earriage-seat; B, a piece of barcan be fitted to any existing carriage-seat thin metal provided with ahorizontal slot, and without the necessity off'eutting the seat, and 80secured to the inside surfaces of the seat-back at the same time thefront bar is readily rebelow the level of the cushion part; C, thinmovable for permitting the seat-bottom to be projections'fron the innerends of the side swept clean. pieces of the seat, below the level of theeush- In practice the cushion will generally have ion part; D, aremovable front bar reaching a front fringe over the front bar, D. The85 across the front of the seat, resting upon the front bar may, ifpreferred, be secured to the bottom of the seat, slotted at the ends,and front lower edge of the cushion-frame. The engaging the projectionsC, 'and having a lattice-workFserves asasubstantial and fiexiheight toreach from the bottom of the body ble backing for the cushion, and,being free portion of the seat to the under surface of the to rise andfall in the sockets H, is free to rise 90 40 cushion-frame; d, thecushion-frame, eonsistand fall and follow the springing motion. The ingof four wooden bars joined at the corners; wires J serve as abutmentsfor the Springs.

E, the cushion-work of the seat, secured by The Springs are forned inpairs from a single its margins to the frame work; F, a latticewire, asshown in Fig. 4, the wire l? serving work of thin metal strips, seatedagainst the as the union of the two springs of a pair, and 9 5 underside of the cushion-work; G, downalso serving to space the springs upontheir wardly-projecting angles or tongues formed sustaining-rods. Theturn N at the foot ofv with thelattiee-work F; H, sockets secured to theSprings allows them to be readily Strung the inner side of thecushion-frame, and fitted upon their supporting-wires. The turn O at toreceive freely the shanks G; I, a hooked the head of the Springs enablesthem to be oo metal strap seeured to the rear edge of the readilyhitched to the lattice-work. There cushion -frame and engaging in theslotted may be as many springs and rods to sustain then as is (leenedexpedient. The retainingwires B; for the tnftirgr buttons, are formedwith a central Vring; or eye. The thretd engages the eye of the buttonand the eye of the Wire, and the wire th us takes the place of buttonson the lower surface of the cushion.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of seat A, the renovnblefront bar, D, attached thereto, and the cnshion-frane d,hinged to therear of the seat and adapted to close down upon the top of sztid frontbm'.

2. The combination of the seat, the oushionfrane hinged to its rear, theremovable front bar, and the projections O, secu'ed to the innersurfaces of the sides of the seat.

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JACOB HANSER.

W'itnesses F. J. CoNn, A. M. TRUAX.

